Acquired by the father of the present owner in Germany in the 1960s

The canvas is not lined and there are no signs of retouching under UV light. Apart from some very light craquelure, this work is in good original condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate, although the colours are brighter and yellows are more luminous in the original than in the illustration of the printed catalogue.
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Wannseegarten, Blumenterrasse nach Nordosten is a wonderful depiction of Liebermann's favourite subject matter: his garden and villa at Wannsee. The Wannsee villa became Liebermann's beloved summer residence for the last decades of his life and the paintings from this period show his garden in all its glory. The villa was modelled on country houses the artist saw in Hamburg and, when it was completed, Liebermann even referred to his villa and garden as his Klein-Versailles. The artist took great pride in it and paid special attention to the design and layout of his garden. In collaboration with his friend, Alfred Lichtwark (director of the Kunsthalle in Hamburg at the time), Liebermann designed his garden fﷺollowing the most avant-garde contemporary garden design concepts and created a haven of colours and floral sple𒉰ndour portrayed flamboyantly in the present work.

FIG. 1, Wannsee Garden, view from the upper garden terrace over the lawn towards the lake, circa 1924 (photograph by Hans Cürlis)